https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... 17794?s=20Word of the day (because it's time) is 'scurryfunging': madly dashing about in an effort to tidy up before visitors arrive.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... 35331?s=20Word of the day is ‘sparple’ (14th century): to deflect unwanted attention from one thing by making a big deal of another.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... 62080?s=20Word of the day is ‘thwankin’ (19th century), describing clouds that are gathering in thick and gloomy succession.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... e8D-SSMq0AWord of the day is ‘forwaked’ (14th century): weary from watching and waiting for something that never seems to materialise.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... PO7h-EZBmQA sweet reminder from the dictionary: the word ‘daisy’ was originally ‘day’s eye’, because the flower opens its petals at dawn to reveal its sunny central disc, and closes them again at dusk.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... bnhVG9FykwEtymology of the day: 'maverick' was inspired by Samuel Maverick, a 19th-century land baron who left many of his cows unbranded. Any wandering, unidentified animal was therefore labelled a 'maverick', later applied to an unorthodox individual who doesn't follow the rules.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... b9VGWtLErQWord of the day is ‘empleomania’ (19th century): the desire to hold office or wield power, whatever the cost.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... ey3Xo5xNpgWord of the day is ‘battologist’ (17th century): an individual who repeats the same story over and over, even when all the facts contradict them.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1 ... 9NiGG8H2dgWord of the day is 'maw-worm' (19th century): one who insists that they have done nothing wrong, despite evidence to the contrary.
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